Café con Pan, a pause in time. This take on the bistro chair seeks to mend pre-hispanic motifs with inviting pebble-like contours, the geometric with the organic. Much like the tradition of café con pan, this collection aims to play in the space between structure and irregularity. Con Pan
Café con Pan, a pause in time. This take on the bistro chair seeks to mend pre-hispanic motifs with inviting pebble-like contours, the geometric with the organic. Much like the tradition of café con pan, this collection aims to play in the space between structure and irregularity.

This chair was designed, tested, and constructed over ten weeks. The design was executed in cherry wood due to its warm tone, which fits into a landscape of concrete walls and the desert geography of my hometown in Mexico. It is also a nod to the cherry tree in front of my childhood home in Virginia, tying together the two worlds that at first seem so far apart. The seat was carved using CNC technology to give it its comfortable dish shape, and the rest was constructed using the table saw, bandsaw, and traditional joinery to come together. The design comes to life in the final step with hand shaping. The contours were meticulously created using an angle grinder, hand plane, and a variety of files to refine the shape into its final pebble-like form. Sculping the wood organically by hand has become a technique staple in my process. Handshaping offers the benefit of exploring edge conditions to influence the sensation of soft pebble contours while maintaining structure and intention.